Understanding the language of the body is not easy.

More than your words, your body reveals a lot about what you think and how you feel. However, understanding the language of the body is not easy. Here is an infographic that should give you some basic elements of this nonverbal communication.

The language – oral, signs or even written – allows you to express what you want, what you feel. But it also makes it easy to lie, hide or mitigate the truth. The body, it is much more difficult to control, it will betray you very often.

Tired or very interested, closed or welcoming, disgusted, frightened, disrespectful, everything, or almost, is visible on your body, on your face, in your posture or your gestures. Below, some basic examples to introduce you to this very particular language.